Doublin up on the October Challenge!

Yep, as usual I missed the weekday posting of the challenge mani and am posting two for you today!  I am seriously feeling like a horrible challenge slacker! :( Why are weekdays so hard for challenges? I know why! Because when I get home from work it's dinner, help kids with homework, spend a little time with the kids before they go to bed, do whatever needs to be done around the house and then TV time with hubby before it's off to slumber-land! Weekends are much easier, so I have two today and then there is only one day left of the challenge after these two! I will do that one on the 30th so I can have Halloween nails for work! hehe So I will have that one posted on the right day, weird! ;)

Here's my challenge post for the 25th, Mummy!

I used a black base and then stamped with the BM-309 plate (that is like wood planks) Sinful Colors "Snow Me White" in multiple layers trying to make it look "wrapped". Then used the dotting tool to make eyes with WnW Black and Sinful Colors Hot Hot Heat.

Here's my challenge nails for today, the 28th, for which the theme is Halloween Character.  It seemed to me that a lot of people were doing Frankenstein and he was my original plan until I saw that was also the plan of many other people. haha So I went with a spin on one I saw my mombo do and that I have seen a lot of others do as well, but couldn't tell you specifically who as I just saw them as I was perusing blogs or pinterest.  I don't *think* I am exactly copying anyone, but if I am it is unintentional.  I just know I have seen it multiple times with many different versions of mouths and eyes and noses and blah, blah, blah... I just wanted to try it so I did. lol!

Colors used are Sinful Colors "Happy Ending", Kleancolor "Metallic Orange", Sinful Colors "Gone Platinum" and Ulta "Sun-Sational".

Here's the links to check out the rest of the awesome challenge mani's! :)







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I'm a bad, bad challenge girl!

I have THREE days of challenge nails to post all on one darn day because I am behind! :(  It's just too hard during the week to get them done so then I am painting halloween nails like a mad woman in between laundry, kids stuff, house stuff, etc on the weekend. lol  None of that matters right this second though because I got myself caught up and now I feel better (until I miss more and have to catch up again, haha).  So I will shut up now and post the pics!

 

October 16th - Bats!

I had a super hard time with bats, I had no stamp with a bat and free handing was really hard because it is difficult to make bats on nails with a long nail art brush! lol

Oh well, it was on my nails for all of 3 minutes... haha

October 19th - Spider

Yet another I had a hard time with for the same reason as above... no stamp for a spider and it's hard to freehand on little nails with a long skinny nail art brush. Again, on my nails for all of 3 minutes. lol

Last but not least, GHOSTS!!!!

I like the ghosts the best because they look scary and I free-handed them even though I DID have a ghost stamp! haha  I figured it would be scarier this way. Mission accomplished!! :)

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Challenge slacker! Two days here...

Oh man, with the week I had there was no way I was getting a challenge mani in on the 10th, and yesterday I started my tombstone mani but then we had an impromptu and much needed "girls night out" so the mani took a back seat! haha

So I totes missed the candy corn mani on the 10th, so I did that one today before I did the tombstones for the 13th, because I couldn't just skip one!  Here's my take on the candy corn!  I was kind of limited on the colors since I only have one yellow polish and two orange polishes, lol!
I used Ulta "Sun-Sational", Kleancolor "Metallic Orange" and Sinful Colors "Snow Me White"

 

For the tombstones (and please don't mind the horrible clean up or dry skin, I knew I was taking it off right away and silly me didn't even think to put some lotion on or something after cleaning up a bit with acetone, dry as a bone around my nails and it shows! Eek!)

For this mani I used A base of China Glaze "Bizarre Blurple" with a layer of China Glaze "Want My Bawdy" over the top trying to get a scary night sky color.  The tombstones are Sinful Colors "Slate" which is my fave grey ever, and the black is Sally Hansen Hard as Nails Xtreme Wear "Black Out"

 

The ring finger tombstone says "1711" and is very cracked, lol, was trying to make one reeeeally old looking... FAIL. haha

Okay, I feel much better now that I am caught up on the challenge! I just hope this week at work isn't quite as crazy as the last week and I am not completely exhausted when I get home everyday. I don't think I can do another week like that. :(  So here's to hoping for a great week for me and for everyone else!!! ;)

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October Challenge: Spiderwebs! (Challenge is right!)

First of all, I want to kick this challenge day right in the bootay! lol I stink at this challenge day. :( Oh phooey on spiderwebs and not having an easy way out with a stamping plate with a spiderweb on it! haha Phooey, phooey, phooooooo! I finally came up with something for it but I am in no way happy with it nor can I stand to try anymore! lol  So without further whining, here is my challenge day 7 Spiderwebs mani!

I used Claire's "Galaxy" for the base, Sinful colors "Out Of This World" for the web along with more of Claire's "Galaxy" and the needle drag technique to make a web looking mess! haha  For the spider I used Kleancolor "Jazz Olive" and Claire's "Blast Off"

 

That's it... now that I have the pics up it is coming right off my nails because I totes hate it! :(

I have a horrible headache right now and I am going to curl up in my bed and watch lame Sunday TV all day! haha Sounds like a GREAT idea to me! :)

Check out all the other mani's, they are looking amazing!!

Hope you all had an awesome weekend!

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Challenge Day 2: Bl00d! oooooOoooh....

So here we go with Challenge day 2 and all it's bloody goodness! hehe I thought this one was pretty fun! I hate that I have to work during the day so I have to put the challenge post up so late in the darn day. Oh well, at least I am 2 for 2 so far! Go me! Woot! ;)

 So here's my bloody nails! ;)

 I used OPI "Number One Nemesis" as the base, a little stamping on my ring finger with Sinful Colors "Secret Admirer" (which totes doesn't show like I wanted it to), then Siful Colors "Hot Hot Heat" was my choice for BLOOD! I was trying to go for the "OH NO! My pretty manicure got ruined by blood" look, but it didn't get that effect in the end. I still like how it turned out though and I hope you do, too! :)

Hope your week has been great so far! Check back tomorrow to see who is the next Featured Artist on Friday!

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Challenge day 1: Halloween Pumpkin!

Alright, here I go!! Let's see how this all goes, I was not happy with anything I was doing and in the end ended the first day of the challenge with an unhappy set of nails. *sigh* Hopefully I will be happy with the next one since this was just the first day. I am just too picky I think! It was making me SO angry!!!!!! lol It was not turning out how I wanted it to! So here is what I came up with, and the rest of the girls that are participating have some AH-MAZING pumpkin nails! So make sure you check them out because they are totes cute and awesome and you will love them! :)

The Challenge for October 1st was Halloween Pumpkin!
For my nails I used Kleancolor "Metallic Orange", Orly "Monster Mash" and Ulta "Sun-Sational"

Ta-ta for now! Hope your Monday was great and the rest of the week is even better!
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Starting an October Challenge tomorrow!!

Before I talk about the challenge, I have to tell you that I got my Black Spotted!!! I GOT IT!!! My Mombo is totes AH-MAZING!!  I almost had a heart attack though, because I walked in the front door after working 10 hours and could smell nail polish. Then I saw the package from my mom wrapped in clear packaging from the post office and I almost puked! I opened it, almost crying, and peeked in... WHEW! She had sent me the black spotted and a bottle of base coat, and the base coat was everywhere, but the black spotted was safe! Yay! Thank goodness! I don't have pics yet though, I haven't quite gotten the hang of it and it looks pretty wonky so far! hehe Soon though! Promise! hehehehehe So exciting!!!

Starting tomorrow I am participating in my first ever challenge!  I saw it on one of the blogs I follow and I just had to jump in on it! hehe  Here's the challenge if any of you other bloggers reading it (or any non-bloggers want to follow along and do the challenge, too) want to join!

So tomorrow along with Mombo Monday, you will also get to see my Halloween Pumpkin mani! Hooray! :)

Sorry for the short post tonight, I just wanted to get that in there real quick... lots of good TV on tonight and then I am off to bed! Hope you all had a great weekend!

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